In Le Havre, two men sentenced to six years in prison for having prostituted minors

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Two men appeared before the criminal court of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 December 2024 for facts of pimping“at the end of a judicial information procedure”, indicates Soizic Guillaume, public prosecutor in Le Havre, in a press release.

They were prosecuted “for having one between 2021 and June 30, 2022 and the second during June 2022 prostituted five minor victims aged 14 to 17particularly vulnerable victims and some taken care of by child welfare,” states the prosecutor.

Victims “recruited” on social networks

It is via social networks that “these minors were recruited by their pimps”. The five young girls were forced into prostitution in Le Havre, but also throughout Normandy.

At the end of a trial which was held behind closed doors and while they faced a maximum sentence of 10 years of imprisonment, the two men, with no criminal record, were sentenced, this Wednesday, December 18, 2024, to six years in prison with continued detention and a ban on French territory for a period of five years.

“The Le Havre Public Prosecutor’s Office and the police are mobilized in the fight against pimping, especially when the acts are committed to the detriment of vulnerable victims,” recalls Soizic Guillaume, public prosecutor in Le Havre.

This sentence is subject to appeal. All litigants remain presumed innocent until all avenues of appeal have been exhausted.

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